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Hour Town
Leo's feel-good press conference is interrupted by a feel-bad question |
Kate Coe |
29 Aug 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of The 11th Hour. Alex Berliner © Berliner Studio/BEImages When celebrities embrace environmental concerns, cranky naysayers pop up like toadstools after a rainstorm. But the mansions and private jets those critics seize upon, while easy targets, might not be the real problem. It might just be that green-leaning celebrities and their handlers need to open the ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, consumerism, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, messaging, movies (all these topics) |
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Wanna ditch the paparazzi?
A tip from Leonardo DiCaprio |
Sarah van Schagen |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Start talking about global warming. |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, Leonardo DiCaprio (all these topics) |
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The 11th Hour
Leo's new eco-flick |
Adam Browning |
10 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I saw The 11th Hour last night, a new movie produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie is a pastiche of interviews of about 50 different thinkers and scientists, interspersed with stock footage of obligatory mountains and seal clubbings. Here's how Leonardo describes it: Some of my thoughts, which do not add up to a review: While the movie is going to get attention because of Leonardo's star power, he's not the star at all. Some of the featured exp ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, David Suzuki, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies (all these topics) |
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Leo, I've Got a Feeling We're Not in Hollywood Anymore
DiCaprio-produced series will rebuild tornado-ravaged Kansas town |
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16 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Leo, I've Got a Feeling We're Not in Hollywood Anymore DiCaprio-produced series will rebuild tornado-ravaged Kansas town It's official: Nine months after the rumors began, Leonardo DiCaprio has confirmed that he and a partner will give birth to ... a reality series on green building. DiCaprio will executive produce the 13-part Eco-Town on the Discove ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, Kansas, Leonardo DiCaprio, news, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning (all these topics) |
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15 Green Actors
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01 Jun 2007 |
Main Dish |
| See which actors made the Grist green spotlight, and then nominate your own picks in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Photo: Steve Granitz / WireImage Leonardo DiCaprio Once "king of the world," this star often flies commercially and drives himself around in a hybrid Toyota Prius. In 1998, he started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to promote environmental causes. More recently, he's been working on 11th Hour, an environmental documentary fea ... |
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| Topics: Cameron Diaz, celebrity, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, lists, Robert Redford (all these topics) |
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Audio Weekly Grist, 21 May 2007
U.S. tries to sentence eco-activists as terrorists, and more |
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21 May 2007 |
Weekly Podcast |
| Read the news items highlighted in this week's podcast: Trouble With a Capital B. Chemicals play a big role in breast-cancer cases, says report. Murdoch, She Wrote, by Amanda Griscom Little. An interview with Rupert Murdoch about News Corp.'s new climate strategy. Or Are You Just Happy to Sue Me? U.S. prosecutors compare "eco-terrorists" to KKK. Clarion Caller, by Kate Sheppard. An interview ... |
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| Topics: Leonardo DiCaprio (all these topics) |
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Lindsay Lohan on going green
And other tips from celebs |
Sarah van Schagen |
21 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Happy Monday, y'all. If your weekend was as awesome as mine (read: not awesome), you'll need some entertaining celeb goss to get you going this week. So here goes:Leonardo DiCaprio announced this weekend during press for his documentary 11th Hour (which I've heard, ps, is not awesome, though I hope I misheard) that he arrived at Cannes via commercial jet and tries to fly commercially as much as possible. He also defended Gore's travel-y lifestyle:The way he travels ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Plus, He Made That Boat Sink
Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes |
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21 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Plus, He Made That Boat Sink Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes A year ago, Al Gore spread the climate-change message at the Cannes Film Festival. Now it's Leonardo DiCaprio's turn. The former boy wonder produced, co-wrote, and narrated The 11th Hour, a documentary that explores how industrial society screwed itself and how it can fix the problem. Relyi ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, David Suzuki, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Letter to Leonardo
Better be ready to prove your eco-cred |
Yolanda Crous |
05 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Dear Leonardo, You own a hybrid. You talked up global warming on Oprah. And last week, you stepped up to the Oscar mic with Al Gore. But I wonder if you have any idea how much eco-scrutiny you're going to be under now that you're officially first knight to the King of Climate Change?Luckily, you seem up to the challenge -- at least according to gossip columnist Ted Casablanca: Leonardo DiCaprio is superserious about going green, quelle surprise. During ... |
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| Topics: Leonardo DiCaprio (all these topics) |
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Blood diamonds are for never
Movie, music bring awareness to conflict gems |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| A diamond is forever. A diamond is a girl's best friend. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Neil Diamond. Call it bling, call it ice, call it the most beautifulest piece of sparkly you've ever seen and yes-yes-yes-I'll-marry-you. Diamonds are more than just super-polished rocks. They symbolize true love and economic status. They adorn everything from ring fingers to pierced ears, gangsta grillz to bra straps. But a recent string of films, music, and media coverag ... |
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| Topics: fashion, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, mining (all these topics) |
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Catch Him if You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce documentary about global warming |
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07 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Catch Him if You Can Leonardo DiCaprio to produce documentary about global warming Eco-minded actor Leonardo DiCaprio -- who tools around L.A. in a Prius and has been outspoken about issues like worldwide access to potable water -- is now bringing a tree-hugging message to film. According to spokesdude Ken "Walkin' on" Sunshine (we made that middle part up), DiCaprio has starte ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Oprah and climate change
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David Roberts |
27 Oct 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Apparently, as we speak, Oprah is on with Leonardo DiCaprio and Dr. Michael Oppenheimer discussing climate change.Reports from our researcher in the field indicate that Leo is spouting facts and figures and Oprah is embarrassing herself with repeated clips of cute polar bears and cries of 'I can feel it!'We can order a transcript for $6, but really I want to see it. Any chance one of you Gristmill readers has a tape or digital file you can send us? This I gotta see. |
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| Topics: Leonardo DiCaprio (all these topics) |
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Pioneer Hybrid
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03 May 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Pioneer Hybrid Despite the five-month waiting list for Toyota Priuses in the U.S., Toyota has no plans to boost production numbers for its four-door gas-electric hybrid, which gets between 45 and 52 miles per gallon of gasoline. Toyota and Honda (its two-door Insight rates between 61 and 68 mpg) are planning to build fewer than 20,000 hybrid cars for sale this year in the U.S., where ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Leonardo DiCaprio, Prius (all these topics) |
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King of the World Meets Leader of the Free World
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03 Apr 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| King of the World Meets Leader of the Free World Actor Leonardo DiCaprio interviewed President Clinton on the topic of global warming Friday, for an Earth Day special that will air on April 22 on ABC. Clinton discussed his policy on climate change and efforts to make the White House more eco-friendly, according to White House spokesperson Jake Siewert. "I thought it was an interesting, innovative opportunity for us to t ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio (all these topics) |
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What, a Team?
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13 Dec 1999 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Leonardo DiCaprio What, a Team? Celebs such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Pierce Brosnan, Ted Danson, Bette Midler, and Patrick Stewart have all taken on environmental causes, and enviros are welcoming the help, though they acknowledge that the pairing of indulgent Hollywood and the more simplicity-oriented environmental movement is sometimes an odd one. Denis Hayes, chair and CEO of Earth Day Network, which recently announced that DiCaprio would host its April 22nd event on the Mall in ... |
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| Topics: Leonardo DiCaprio (all these topics) |
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What's Eating Leonardo DiCaprio?
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17 Nov 1999 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Leonardo DiCaprio What's Eating Leonardo DiCaprio? You may remember him from such box-office blockbusters as "Titanic" and "Romeo and Juliet." Leonardo DiCaprio's latest project is even bigger -- getting the world to do something about climate change. Today DiCaprio is announcing that he will host Earth Day 2000 events on the Mall in Washington, D.C. He joins the Earth Day Network in mounting a major worldwide campaign for clean energy, culminating on April 2 ... |
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